I got John Lithgow as the film cell
Never thought I would say that
Never thought I would say that
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I didn't even know he was in the film until I saw it, and I was so glad to see him. Of course, his performance was terrific. I don't know how he does it, but he can pack so much into so little. His comment in the ballpark, "I want a hot dog," just really laid it out about how far things had fallen, how people had adjusted to the new environment in which they lived. I felt so sad for him in this film.
I also think the hot dog comment was a small nod to a scene about hot dogs in 2010.
I got McConaughey in his space-suit reaching for a button.
I watched the BD of it today, and because I like doing it sometimes, I even watched it with the "descriptive audio" turned on for the visually impaired. Still stunning to be how good this movie is. I still found myself getting choked up and filled with emotion from time-to-time.
Will give the special features a look-through later.
And, again, the little girl who plays younger-Murph does a fantastic job. My only "complaint" was that I really wished the movie had shown *some* focus or connection between Coop and his son. They seem to have one, sure, but it seems to be a stand-offish, "Men don't have emotions" one beyond the fatherly hug-pat before Coop leaves. Only time Coop seems to show any real emotion or care for his son is when he watches him, and his grandchild, in the message videos when returning from the water-planet. But, is he really not bothered or emotionless over having never gotten to see his son again and that, it would seem, his son is dead while his daughter was in cryosleep?
And, agreed, Lithgow did a great job in the movie too. And, I dunno, I sort of like the notion that apparently baseball games between "major" teams went from them playing in mega stadiums holding 10s of 1000s of people to apparently just a couple of teams playing on a park-field.
ETA: Taking another look at it, my film cell is of Mann trying to use the manual release of the airlock.
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I thought Batman 1 was good, 2 brilliant and 2 poor. I disliked The Prestige quite a lot and thought Inception was rather overrated.
My take on Interstellar was pretty much your opinion of Inception - looked amazing, some thrilling scenes.... but overall....no. The plot was both dumb and dull, the film was utterly cold and uninvolving, McConaughey was unlikeable and this was another of the 99% of films where Caine was crap. And John Lithgow is in it. I can't abide John bloody Lithgow.
In fairness, there were some good visuals and a lot of the science was decent, but I really wouldn't give this film house room.
Your mileage may vary...
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I got Murph's ignorant teacher. I doubt I will keep it.
I really liked that ignorant teacher scene. One scene like that really speaks volumes about this world the movie takes place in.
I saw "Interstellar" in the theater and again this past Tuesday on BD. All I can say is that I was convinced we might not get another modern sci-fi film that is truly sci-fi ever again...and I am so happy that I was wrong.
I thought it was fantastic. Not perfect, but probably the best pure sci-fi movie we've gotten in the past 20 years. Science, adventure, heart, mystery, great visuals...all the things I love about the pure genre. I also like that it was bold and took some risks.
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I thought it was fantastic. Not perfect, but probably the best pure sci-fi movie we've gotten in the past 20 years. Science, adventure, heart, mystery, great visuals...all the things I love about the pure genre. I also like that it was bold and took some risks.
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I am a little curious, for those of you who found this film less than satisfactory...what exactly DO you like and expect? What was the last sci-fi film you did enjoy?
Sometimes I think fanboys take pride in their high standards a little too far. It must be tough to enjoy anything.
Sometimes I think fanboys take pride in their high standards a little too far. It must be tough to enjoy anything.
It's a visually swesome movie, but there's alot of gaps in the backstory and the explaination of things. All three planets should be orbiting the black hole, otherwise they wouldn't have had enough fuel or time to travel to otehr solar systems. The blight is odd, the only thing that can be grown is corn yet Cooper is drinking beer. With all the lack of techology NASA was able to build twho ships capable of traveling across the solar system. And really after all Cooper goes though he's pretty much ignored once he returns home. Plus there's no explaination for the farm equipment going wild. Like I said gaps, I don't want to call them plot holes, but the movie despite it's length feels incomplete.
http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2014/12/ascension-and-interstellar-is-boldness.html
One of my favorite SF critics' reactions to Interstellar:
David Brin:
One of my favorite SF critics' reactions to Interstellar:
David Brin:
Very nice, that says it right there
The farm equipment goes awry because they are drawn to the gravitational disturbances present in the house.
The planets are all orbiting the black hole. The first one was close engh for there to be a time distortion effect. The others were not.
Obviously The "lack of technology" is relative. NASA still employs the best scientists and engineers in the world, and they have likely been working on this sor at least a generation.
Emotional involvement. This movie was stone cold. It had none.
Excitement. It dragged because of the lack of involvement. It was dull.
Plot. I hated the resolution sending the message back, communicating through the books. Pants.
Cast. McConaughey, Hathathaway, Caine, Lithgow. Didn't like.
I have to face facts, I simply may not like Nolan films. I've only seen one (The Dark Knight) that I really liked. The rest I've hated (i.e. The Prestige) or found very overrated (i.e. Inception). He tries hard to be clever, but doesn't really pull it off.
I tend to like escapist stuff with no pretentions, action adventure, fun. I've not seen much in the way of hard(ish) sci-fi that really works on screen, although I live in hope.
I didn't like Gravity either...
No emotional involvement? Not sure I agree with that at all. The entire plot was really about Cooper's love of his family and the special relationship with his daughter. The intensity of the middle acts is all based on the desire to go ahead with "Plan A" and save not just the human race, but the people currently on the planet. Mann's personal meltdown...Anne Hathaway's love...Michael Cain's lie....the whole film was built around human emotions.
But, like you said, I think its more about not liking the style of th filmmaker and therefore finding the portrayal of these things to be ineffective. To say it was cold and unemotional simply isn't accurate. Maybe the portrayal of those elements was not effective or appreciated from your viewpoint, but to pretend they didn't exist simply isn't true.